2004
DOI: 10.1007/bf03325064
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Population at risk for eating disorders in a Spanish region

Abstract: A considerable proportion of adolescent females have eating problems and non-psychotic mental disorders. Their male counterparts also suffer from these disorders, however, a different pattern is followed.

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“…Statistically significant differences for gender were found among proportions of students at high risk for an ED, specifically 14.8% (18-11.6) for men and 20.8% (22.8-18.7) for women. This gender difference is apparently small compared with other studies, where the at-risk prevalence in males is lower (e.g., 2.2% in Gandarillas et al, [ 56 ]; 3,3% in Ruiz et al, [ 10 ]). This may be due to the fact that cut-off points for the DT, B or BD scales and cut-off point on the EAT were used, and that males apparently fell into the high-risk category due to other factors.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 61%
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“…Statistically significant differences for gender were found among proportions of students at high risk for an ED, specifically 14.8% (18-11.6) for men and 20.8% (22.8-18.7) for women. This gender difference is apparently small compared with other studies, where the at-risk prevalence in males is lower (e.g., 2.2% in Gandarillas et al, [ 56 ]; 3,3% in Ruiz et al, [ 10 ]). This may be due to the fact that cut-off points for the DT, B or BD scales and cut-off point on the EAT were used, and that males apparently fell into the high-risk category due to other factors.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 61%
“…Health programmes have been recommended for educational services on university campuses [ 55 ]. In the light of this recommendation, our team has since carried out a healthy habits programme based on the improvement of body image and self-esteem with a university sample where positive results were obtained among female populations [ 56 , 62 ]. It is hoped that other such efforts will soon be attempted in an effort to alleviate potential risk factors and unhealthy behaviours and attitudes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indeed, an earlier meta-analysis using the same methods in 2018 reported an overall prevalence rate of FEDs symptoms in medical students to be 10.40% [ 21 ]. Moreover, medical students displayed higher prevalence rates of FEDs symptoms as compared to community samples across the globe [e.g., Canada ( N = 31,130, 50.9% female, risk of lifetime history of an eating disorder of 4.54%) [ 92 ], Spain ( N = 4334, 55.9% females, prevalence of population at risk for eating disorders of 2.2% for men and 15.3% for women) [ 93 ], Australia ( N = 3034, 67% female, prevalence of eating disorder behaviors of 6.4%) [ 94 ], London ( N = 1,698, 56.6% female, prevalence of reported disordered eating of 10%) [ 95 ], US ( N = 100 000, 50% female, annual prevalence of eating disorders occurring at age 21 years for males 7.4% and females 10.3%) [ 96 ], and six European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) ( N = 4139, 51.6% female, lifetime estimated prevalence of eating disorders 0.48–2.15%) [ 97 ]]. Over the past years, the student population is increasingly facing high amounts of stress leading to more prevalent mental health challenges.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Os principais termos usados para caracterizar a presença de comportamentos de risco para TA foram "risco de transtornos alimentares" 13,[27][28][29][30]34,38,52,60,67,[77][78][79]81,82,88 e "comer transtornado" 35,39,41,[43][44][45][46]48,63,65,68,73,84,86 . Mesmo assim, mais de 60% dos estudos utilizaram outras diversas nomenclaturas e, no contexto do Brasil, observa-se que também não há padronização dos termos.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Alguns fatores podem auxiliar na análise da grande variabilidade na prevalência e frequência de comportamentos de risco encontrada nos estudos: 1) diferentes comportamentos são avaliados por meio de cada instrumento; quando o estudo avaliou sintomas mais severos, encontrou prevalên-cias menores, tal fato foi verificado em estudos que utilizaram o BITE, por exemplo, cujo resultado pode ser variado em diferentes graus de problema alimentar, de acordo com o escore do instrumento 10,24 ; 2) outro exemplo é a avaliação de práticas não saudáveis para controle do peso, que são comportamentos menos severos (comer pouca comida, pular refeição, usar substitutos de alimentos, tomar remédios para emagrecer e fumar mais cigarros) e apresentam maior prevalência 43 ; 3) alguns estudos apresentaram seus resultados em relação à amostra completa e outros dicotomizaram segundo sexo 37,50,60 , aparentando prevalências menores; 4) outros estudos apresentam apenas resultados de comportamentos específicos como restrição alimentar 30,87 ou sintomas bulí-micos 30 , o que pode levar à apresentação de menores prevalências; 5) pode haver também superestimação dos comportamentos de risco devido a dificuldade de entendimento do questionário por parte do entrevistado, como no estudo com adolescentes sul-africanos 63 que tiveram dificuldade de compreender o questionário em inglês e responderam positivamente a alguns itens do EAT, não por apresentarem preocupação com o peso, mas sim por práticas culturais (vomitar o alimento como ritual de limpeza para proteger o corpo de doenças) e circunstâncias socioeconômicas (após ficar com muita fome, comiam demais quando havia comida disponível e "tinham" que vomitar), caracterizando falsos--positivos.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified